Dean Bell

**Dean Bell**
Personal information
Full name	Dean Cameron Bell
Date of birth	April 29, 1962 (1962-04-29) (age 46)
Place of birth	, New Zealand
Height	178cm
Weight	90kg
Nickname(s)	'Deano', 'Mean Dean'
Club information
Position(s)	Community & Development Manager
Current club	New Zealand Warriors
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Counties Manukau
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1984-6 1986-94 1995	Carlisle Leeds Eastern Suburbs Wigan Auckland	19 (12)
Representative teams
1983-89	New Zealand	26 (60)
Professional clubs coached
1996-7 1998-99 2000-06 2007	Leeds Leeds Academy Wigan Youth NZ Development
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Dean Bell is a former New Zealand rugby league player. In his career he captained the Wigan Warriors, Auckland Warriors and New Zealand Kiwis. Since his retirement in 1996 he has been involved with the Leeds Rhinos Academy Team (1997-1998), The Wigan Warriors youth development programme (2000-2006) and as of August 2007 is the New Zealand Warriors Community & Development Manager. In 2008 his duties will also include acting as manager for the Warriors Under-20's side in the Toyota Cup.

[edit] Awards and Achievements

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1977 David Ward • 1978 George Nicholls • 1979 Doug Laughton • 1980 George Fairbairn • 1981 Ken Kelly • 1982 Mick Morgan • 1983 Allan Agar • 1984 Joe Lydon • 1985 Ellery Hanley • 1986 Gavin Miller • 1987 Ellery Hanley • 1988 Martin Offiah • 1989 Ellery Hanley • 1990 Shaun Edwards • 1991 Garry Schofield • 1992 Dean Bell • 1993 Andy Platt • 1994 Jonathan Davies • 1995 Denis Betts • 1996 Andy Farrell • 1997 James Lowes • 1998 Iestyn Harris • 1999 Adrian Vowles • 2000 Sean Long • 2001 Paul Sculthorpe • 2002 Paul Sculthorpe • 2003 Jamie Peacock • 2004 Andy Farrell • 2005 Jamie Lyon • 2006 Paul Wellens • 2007 James Roby

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1946 Billy Stott • 1947 Willie Davies • 1948 Frank Whitcombe • 1949 Ernest Ward • 1950 Gerry Helme • 1951 Cec Mountford • 1952 Billy Ivison • 1953 Peter Ramsden • 1954 Gerry Helme • 1955 Jack Grundy • 1956 Alan Prescott • 1957 Jeff Stevenson • 1958 Rees Thomas • 1959 Brian McTigue • 1960 Tommy Harris • 1961 Dick Huddart • 1962 Neil Fox • 1963 Harold Poynton • 1964 Frank Collier • 1965 Ray Ashby & Brian Gabbitas • 1966 Len Killeen • 1967 Carl Dooler • 1968 Don Fox • 1969 Malcolm Reilly • 1970 Bill Kirkbride • 1971 Alex Murphy • 1972 Kel Coslett • 1973 Steve Nash • 1974 Derek Whitehead • 1975 Ray Dutton • 1976 Geoff Pimblett • 1977 Steve Pitchford • 1978 George Nicholls • 1979 David Topliss • 1980 Brian Lockwood • 1981 Mick Burke • 1982 Eddie Cunningham • 1983 David Hobbs • 1984 Joe Lydon • 1985 Brett Kenny • 1986 Bob Beardmore • 1987 Graham Eadie • 1988 Andy Gregory • 1989 Ellery Hanley • 1990 Andy Gregory • 1991 Denis Betts • 1992 Martin Offiah • 1993 Dean Bell • 1994 Martin Offiah • 1995 Jason Robinson • 1996 Robbie Paul • 1997 Tommy Martyn • 1998 Mark Aston • 1999 Leroy Rivett • 2000 Henry Paul • 2001 Sean Long • 2002 Kris Radlinski • 2003 Gary Connolly • 2004 Sean Long • 2005 Kevin Sinfield • 2006 Sean Long • 2007 Paul Wellens & Leon Pryce

v • d • e Wigan RLFC squad - 1988 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Joe Lydon • 2 Tony Iro • 3 Kevin Iro • 4 Dean Bell • 5 Henderson Gill • 6 Shaun Edwards • 7 Andy Gregory • 8 Brian Case • 9 Nicky Kiss • 10 Adrian Shelford • 11 Andy Goodway • 12 Ian Potter • 13 Ellery Hanley • 14 Ged Byrne • 15 Shaun Wane • Coach: Graham Lowe

v • d • e Wigan RLFC squad - 1989 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Steve Hampson • 2 Tony Iro • 3 Kevin Iro • 4 Dean Bell • 5 Joe Lydon • 6 Shaun Edwards • 7 Andy Gregory • 8 Ian Lucas • 9 Nicky Kiss • 10 Adrian Shelford • 11 Andy Platt • 12 Ian Potter • 13 Ellery Hanley • 14 Denis Betts • 15 Andy Goodway • Coach: Graham Lowe

v • d • e Wigan RLFC squad - 1990 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Steve Hampson • 2 Joe Lydon • 3 Kevin Iro • 4 Dean Bell • 5 Mark Preston • 6 Shaun Edwards • 7 Andy Gregory • 8 Adrian Shelford • 9 Martin Dermott • 10 Andy Platt • 11 Denis Betts • 12 Andy Goodway • 13 Ellery Hanley • 14 Ian Gildart • 15 Bobbie Goulding • Coach: John Monie

v • d • e Wigan RLFC squad - 1991 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Steve Hampson • 2 David Myers • 3 Kevin Iro • 4 Dean Bell • 5 Frano Botica • 6 Shaun Edwards • 7 Andy Gregory • 8 Ian Lucas • 9 Martin Dermott • 10 Andy Platt • 11 Denis Betts • 12 Phil Clarke • 13 Ellery Hanley • 14 Bobbie Goulding • 15 Andy Goodway • Coach: John Monie

v • d • e Wigan RLFC squad - 1992 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Joe Lydon • 2 Frano Botica • 3 Dean Bell • 4 Gene Miles • 5 Martin Offiah • 6 Shaun Edwards • 7 Andy Gregory • 8 Kelvin Skerrett • 9 Martin Dermott • 10 Andy Platt • 11 Denis Betts • 12 Billy McGinty • 13 Phil Clarke • 14 Steve Hampson • 15 Neil Cowie • Coach: John Monie

v • d • e Wigan RLFC squad - 1993 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Steve Hampson • 2 Jason Robinson • 3 Joe Lydon • 4 Andrew Farrar • 5 Martin Offiah • 6 Frano Botica • 7 Shaun Edwards • 8 Kelvin Skerrett • 9 Martin Dermott • 10 Andy Platt • 11 Denis Betts • 12 Phil Clarke • 13 Dean Bell • 14 Sam Panapa • 15 Andy Farrell • Coach: John Monie

v • d • e Wigan RLFC squad - 1994 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Gary Connolly • 2 Va'aiga Tuigamala • 3 Dean Bell • 4 Barrie-Jon Mather • 5 Martin Offiah • 6 Frano Botica • 7 Shaun Edwards • 8 Kelvin Skerrett • 9 Martin Dermott • 10 Andy Platt • 11 Denis Betts • 12 Andy Farrell • 13 Phil Clarke • 14 Sam Panapa • 15 Mick Cassidy • Coach: John Dorahy

v • d • e Inaugural Auckland Warriors side v Brisbane Broncos 10 March, 1995 Mount Smart Stadium

1. Phil Blake \| 2. Sean Hoppe \| 3. Dean Bell \| 4. Manoa Thompson \| 5. Whetu Taewa \| 6. Gene Ngamu \| 7. Greg Alexander \| 8. Gavin Hill \| 9. Duane Mann \| 10. Hitro Okesene \| 11. Stephen Kearney \| 12. Tony Tatupu \| 13. Tony Tuimavave \| 14. Se'e Solomona \| 15. Tea Ropati \| 16. Jason Mackie \| 17. Martin Moana